Jānis Cimze founded a seminary - called also as Cimze Seminary or Vidzeme Teachers' Seminary or later Walk's Seminary in 1839 in Wolmar (Livonia (current Valmiera in Latvia)) and in 1849 the seminary moved to Walk (Livonia (joint town of current Valka in Latvia and Valga in Estonia)). Students to that seminary came among the Latvian (3/4) and Estonian (1/4) speaking population throughout the Livonia and from neighbouring provinces. In total, there were 479 graduates, in addition 4 toshers and 24 short course participants. Teaching language was German.

The main aim of the project is to collect and present the information about the persons who has been got their education at that seminary and made the major input to the Latvian and Estonian cultural development.